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E. W. DAVIES. APPARATUS FOR MAN|PULAT|NG woRK PIECES IN ROLLING MILLS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.2I. 191?,

Patented Dec. 10, 1919.

EVAN WALTER DAVIES, 0F DOWLAIS, WALES. I

APPARATUS FOB MANIPULATING- WORK-PIECES IN ROILl'iIIvl'G-MILLS'.

Specication of Letters Patent. Patented D30- 16, 1919;'

Application tiled December 21, 1917. Serial No. 208,207.

To all whom t may concem.'

Be it known that I, EvAN WALTER DAvms, a Asubject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at 31 Balaclava road, Dowlais, in the county of Glamorgan, Wales, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Manipulating The object of my invention is to overcome a certaindrawback as will hereinafter be apparent-while it is characterlzed for s1mpl1ci ity of construction and adapted to provide for the turningY o f the work-piece, as in one of the forms of my invention above referred to, through angles up to as'great as 180 automatically, in a single operation.

To eifect this I soV proportion the parts and so cut away or recesslthe walls or housing of the cross head carrying the turning clutch that the turn may be" effected through the desired angle.

In order that my present invention may be fully understood I will describe the same with reference to the' drawing accompanying this specicationwhich shows the improved apparatus Ain three positions.

Figure 1 illustrates the' positions of the parts when the ingot or work piece is about to be turned.

Fig. 2 shows the position of the parts when the ingot or work piece is partly turned and,

Fig. 3 shows their position with the ingot or 'work piece fully turned.V

The same letters and numerals of reference are employed tol denote the same parts in all the views, and also as far as practi' cessed cross head d are cut away at 4, in

order to enable the ingot to b e turned without its coming into contact with the housing or walls. 1' is the adjusting screw for lim- 1t1ng the alnount ef tilt of the plate 2.

The turning clutch p and the plate 2 are so formed and the recesses so shaped that the tilting movement and the turning of thc turnm .clutch p are so controlled that the latzter 1s stopped in the required` positions.

1s counterbalanced member c which is preferably formed with a wide serrated portion as indicated.

The operation will be clearly understood from the vdrawings it being remembered that the devices are pushed toward one another by means of pistons, the rods of which operate the cross heads, as in the previous cases.

It will be understood that the precise details of construction may be varied withinthe s cope of the appended claims without departing from the scope or spirit of the appended claims.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States of America 1s:-

1. An automatic apparatus for manipulating Work-pieces in rolling mills, including a turning member comprising a chambered cross-head, a. member pivoted within the chamber of said cross-head, said pivthe other cross head carrying the.

oted member carrying a turning clutch pivi I otally connected thereto, near its upper forward end, said cross-head and pivoted member being adapted to allow the turningclutch, during the initial movement of said v pivoted member to .be carried downwardly and forwardly within said cross head in delivering the initial turning movement to the turning clutch, the chamber of said cross-head providing for the Withdrawal thereinto of the clutch-carrying member, and means coperating-with the above referred to parts to aid in carrying out the FA.aforesaid ends.

2. An automatic apparatus for mani ulating work-pieces in rolling mills, inclu inga turning member comprising a chambered cross-headha member pivoted within the chamber of 'said cross-head, said pivoted member carrying a turning clutch pivotally connected thereto, near its upperforward en'd,said cross-head and pivoted clutch-carrying member being adapted to allow the turning clutch to be carried forwardly within said cross-head in. delivering movement to said clutch, said cross-.headA having the forward ed es otits Wallscut away to englbleithefrvor piece to beftu without Contact with said walls duringk'xsaid movielnena-v and Ameans ,coperating vvit above referred to 'parts to aid in carrying out the aforesaid ends.' j

3. Automatic apparatus for manipulating Work-'piecesin @rolling mills, including a turningqmember comprising a chambered cross-head, a -member pivotedwithin the chamber of -'said cross-head, saidpivoted member carry-'fungJ Ya turning clutchv pivotally connectedthereto near ite Vugper f `forward enell andr sai @ross-head and plvoted clutchtlle turning carrying member being adapted to allow the turning-dutch, duringlthe initial, intermediate and final turning movements of the turningecluboh 'to i be carriedf downwardly and forwardly Within said cross-head, a counterbalanced vContact member, a crosseheadar: ryng the latter, the chamber of sai'dcr'ossr head# providing,l f for the Withdrawal thereintov of the clutch-carrying member, and means for actuating said. cross-heads; .i

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